Two Assassins *A Winter Soldier Love Story*

Chapter Three

I drive for a while until I find a gas station with a public bathroom. I walk into the shop and buy a pair of tweezers, a box of bandages, cheese,  and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide. I walk into the bathroom and put my things down, I grab a wad of paper towels and stuff them in my mouth while I find the entry wound on the back of my neck. I take a deep breath and pick away at the skin with my tweezers, hoping the store manager doesn't hear my muffled screaming. I take another deep breath and pick away again, blood dripping down the back of my neck. I take one more deep breath and reach into the wound and pull out the tracking device, throwing it onto the sink. I grab another paper towel and put some peroxide on it and gently dab the wound before covering it with a bandage. I clean up the bloody mess I left and take the tracking chip with me. Outside, I find a stray cat and feed the cat the tracking chip in a ball of cheese. 

        "That should do it." I think, "Sorry little guy, er, girl." I whisper, petting the stray cat and feeding her more cheese before she runs off. I get back on my bike and head towards town, I needed to find Bucky and stop him from doing whatever it is he was going to do next. I drive around for a while, looking around for any HYDRA vans of Bucky himself. I notice three people standing on a rooftop and realize that it's Steve, Natasha, and Jasper Sitwell. I drive up next to the sidewalk and watch from my bike what they are doing, I see Natasha kick Sitwell off the roof only to be caught by Sam in his winged suit and dropped back onto the rooftop. They eventually move from the roof and come back down and get into a car and drive away. I follow them from behind, leaving a good enough distance between us so they don't notice me. Out of nowhere, Bucky pulls ahead of me. 

        "There you are." I think, driving faster and dodging cars to catch up with him. I take out my gun and fire at him, he dodges the bullets and jumps onto the roof of the car. I pull up directly beside the car and fire at him, he grabs Sitwell and throws him into oncoming traffic, killing him. He pulls out his own gun and starts shooting at Steve, Nat, and Sam, I fire a shot and hit him in the shoulder of his real arm. Steve slams on the breaks and Bucky goes flying off the car and another car rams into them, pushing them forward. Bucky gets back up and jumps through the windshield, pulling out the steering wheel and jumps onto the car behind them. I drive faster, going after my friends. Steve, Sam, and Nat jump out of the car and roll out into the street, I pull on my breaks, skidding to a stop and getting off to help them. "Are you three alright?" I ask, helping them up. 

        "Yeah, thanks." Nat says. 

        "And where have you been?" Sam accuses me, crossing his arms.  

        "Escaping HYDRA." I snap.         

        "What the hell happened to your neck?" Steve asks. I put my hand to the back of my neck and notice the blood running down from my wound. 

        "I pulled out the tracking chip." I answer. 

        "On your own?" Nat asks. 

        "Yeah." I sigh, "I fed it to a stray cat, hopefully that keeps some of them busy for a while." I look over to see Bucky and HYDRA agents arriving. "We got company." I point towards them. I pull out my gun and start shooting at some of the agents, killing two and injuring a few. Everyone scatters off and I stick with Natasha, she pulls out her gun and shoots at Bucky, hitting his goggles before we run. We hide behind one side of the car, Bucky come over, thinking we're hiding in another place. Natasha's recording goes off and he rolls a bomb behind the car. The bomb explodes and Nat lands on his back and I shoot towards him, trying to avoid Nat. He throws her off and starts running towards me and I run in the same direction. 

        "Go! Get out of the way!" We call to the civilians. Suddenly Nat drops to the ground, she was shot in the shoulder. Steve runs over and starts fighting with Bucky and I pull Nat out of the way. Steve and Bucky fight for a while, then Bucky's mask comes off, revealing his identity to Steve. 

        "Bucky?" He asks dumbfounded. 

        "Who the hell is Bucky?" He asks. As Bucky begins to shoot at Steve, Sam swoops in and moves Steve. Bucky throws a bomb at Steve and he deflects it with his shield, I get up and starts shooting at Bucky.

        "I'm so sorry Steve." I whisper, he looks at me, his face going from confused to shock when he realizes I knew.

        "Drop the shield, Captain! On your knees! Get on your knees! Now! Get down! Get down!" Brock Rumlow shouts, Steve puts his hands in the air and Brock kicks him in the leg. "Get on your knees! Down!" He barks, I comply and get on the ground. "Don't move." He orders. "Put the gun down. Not here. Not here!" He yells to the agent holding us a gun point. The agent lowers his gun and Steve, Sam, Nat, and I are taken into custody by HYDRA. 

        "It was him. He looked right at me and he didn't even know me." Steve says, still astonished to find that his best friend is alive. 

        "I only found out about two hours ago, I would have told you Steve, I'm so sorry." I apologize and he shakes his head. 

        "How's that even possible? It was like seventy years ago." Sam says, just as confused as the rest of us. 

        "Zola. Bucky's whole unit was captured in '43, Zola experimented on 'em. Whatever he did, it helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him." Steve explains. 

        "None of that's your fault, Steve." Nat consoles him. 

        "Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky."

        "I promise you, I'll fix this Steve." I put my hand on Steve's arm and he looks at me. 

        "Thank you, Trinidad." He smiles slightly. 

        "We need to get a doctor here. We don't put pressure on that wound she's gonna bleed out here in the truck." Sam says to to the guard about Natasha's gun shot wound. The guard pulls out an electric rod and neutralizes the other guard and knocks him out, the guard removes their helmet. 

        "Agent Hill." I gasp. 

        "That thing was squeezing my brain." She says, Sam looks at her in confusion and she looks to Steve. "Who's this guy?" She asks. 

        "That's Sam Wilson, hes been helping us." I answer, she nods and kneels on the floor. "What are you doing?" I ask. She burns a hole through the floor and stands up. 

        "Helping you escape." She says, we escape through the hole and she brings us to a secret facility and a doctor runs up to us, looking at Nat's bleeding arm. 

        "GSW. She's lost at least a pint." Maria says. 

        "Maybe two." Sam adds. 

        "Let me take her!" The doctor begs. 

        "She'll wants to see him first." Maria says, leading us to a room where we all stand in shock. 

        "About damn time." Fury says.